This is compared to just 30 per cent who think gas and nuclear should be subsidised, and 19 per cent who believe coal power should be given financial support.

In addition, 65 per cent of those questioned support the government’s policy to close all coal-fired power plants in the coming years.

While there is support for subsidies for renewable power sources, chair of the Energy Transitions Commission Lord Adair Turner pointed out that the more successful these energy sources become, the less funding they will require.

He cited wind and solar power, where the cost of energy has been steadily falling. “As this trend continues, so we begin to reap the rewards of earlier investment, in the form of lower wholesale electricity prices,” he added.

In addition, the survey found that a growing number of Brits are also supportive of assistance programmes run by the government to reduce energy wastage.